More about Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau

More about René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle at Cataracoui

Land and settlement

Read more about James Baby.

Read more about Duff-Baby House.

Read “Choosing sides: French presence on the Detroit frontier during
the War of 1812,” by Guillaume Teasdale, an article from the May 2012 special edition of Heritage Matters entitled Understanding the French experience in Ontario. Note:
The seigneurial system was the primary form of land distribution in New
France from 1627 to 1854. It was modelled on the feudal system in
Europe. Learn more ...

Language rights and education

Read “Ontario’s Quiet Revolution,” by Thomas H.B. Symons, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust – an article from the May 2012 edition of Heritage Matters entitled Understanding the French experience in Ontario

Read “Contemporary immigration of francophones to Ontario,” by Amal
Madibbo and “Portrait of a growing diversity,” by Emanuel da Silva and
Diane Farmer, articles from the May 2012 special edition of Heritage Matters entitled Understanding the French experience in Ontario